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The most important challenge in achieving holistic capacity-building in the developing Asia-Pacific region is the inadequacy of information on: The roles of different stakeholders in adaptation planning and implementation; the existing capacities and needs of different stakeholders; and lack of stock-taking exercise on key outcomes of earlier...

Food safety is an important issue requiring equal attention to food quantity and access to ensure holistic food security in the Asia-Pacific region. This chapter explores key issues in food safety in terms of SCP. Food safety is an issue of sustainable production and consumption in agriculture since both are linked through a web of feedback...

-Enabling Low Carbon and Climate Resilient Development for Myanmar -UNFCCC COP18 IGES Side Event on "The Road to a Low-Carbon Future in Asia" -The Better Air Quality (BAQ2012) Conference: Advocating a Stronger Framework for International Cooperation -Seminar on Resource Efficiency with UNEP International Resource Panel -Initiatives Addressing the...

Remarks: Japanese Version: http://pub.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=4083

This policy brief focused the seriousness of water energy nexus from long-term perspective especially in the water scarce countries like India. It deals with India as a case study country. The findings reveal that the integrated water-energy policies are essential for sustainable development in the water scarce countries.

This policy brief introduces the roles that local communities can play in monitoring changes in forest carbon stocks. It discusses lessons learnt from the Community Carbon Accounting Project, which is training local communities in Asia-Pacific countries on forest monitoring, from the perspectives of sustainable development and carbon accounting.

-Launch of Action Research on Decontamination in Fukushima: Recommendations based on European Experience -International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP2012) -Enhancing Regional Distribution of CDM Projects: Thirty-five Countries Represented at IGES/ADB/UNFCCC Workshop -IGES Global Environment Seminar on Environmental Business in...

Despite its conceptual ambiguity, NAMA (Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions) provides a practical opportunity for developing countries to achieve low-carbon development. This policy brief assesses the formulation process of NAMAs in selected Southeast Asian countries with three essential criteria: technical, mainstreaming and institutional...

-Rising to the Challenge of Creating Sustainable, Resilient Societies: IGES Drives Its Research Activities Forward -Side Events at East Asia Low Carbon Growth Partnership Dialogue -Outlook on Water Environmental Management in Asia 2012 -Organic Waste Composting Attracts Interest across Asia -E-learning Course "Science and Policy of Climate Change...

This policy brief gives an overview about the environmental performance rating and public disclosure (EPRD) programme and enumerates some lessons learnt from the past cases. It also gives several policy recommendations on how to use such a scheme to promote corporate environmental management on a larger scale in developing countries. Remarks...